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Railways, roads & transport, 1945

3,868 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 194

Four Die in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --Four people, including an infant, were killed and two were injured when a motor car col…

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Four Die in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Four people, including an infant, were killed and two were injured when a motor car…

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Siegfried Line Fight Tougher Three Road Centres Threatened Whirlwind Air Blows on Nazi Strongpoints

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.--British Second Army troops slogging through the first concrete defences of the Siegfried Line are threatening three road centres…

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£10-A-day Fines Ordered, But Railway Strike Threat Remains

The Sun · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 3

South Grafton railway employees will be liable to a daily penalty of £10 each if they do not comply with instructions issued under their award. Judge Drake-Brockman made this order in the Arbitration Court today following threats yesterday by the Secretary of the…

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Men Ordered Back Railway Dispute Secretary Says Issue "Serious"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

MR. JUSTICE DRAKE-BROCKMAN today ordered railway employees at South Grafton to work as required by the Railway Department. If by next Friday, they have not agreed…

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Men Ordered Back Railway Dispute Secretary Says Issue "Serious"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

MR. JUSTICE DRAKE-BROCKMAN today ordered railway employees at South Grafton to work as required by the Railway Department. If by next Friday, they have not agreed…

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Men Ordered Back Railway Dispute Secretary Says Issue "Serious"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

MR. JUSTICE DRAKE-BROCKMAN today ordered railway employees at South Grafton to work as required by the Railway Department. If by next Friday, they have not agreed…

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Seven Hurt in Tram Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 5

Prompt action by the drivers prevented serious injury to passengers when three trams collided in Queen Street, Woollahra,…

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Safety on Trams

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 2

Sir,—If a factory contains machinery considered dangerous to employees, the Government rightly insists on precautionary measures being taken by the owners…

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No Tram and Bus Strike To-day Carnival Cancelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 4

Trams and buses will run in Sydney to-day as usual, because the Federal Government intervened yesterday to stop a charity carnival. This carnival, which was to have been held at the…

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Jolted Under Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 4

A man who was a passenger on a tram was jolted and thrown under the tram as it took the sharp turn from…

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A ghastly tangle on Silesian roads

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 2

Every chain of road between Liegnitz and Gorlitz spoke of the ferocity with which the Germans were fighting back…

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Ship Goes Over Not Under Bridge

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 28

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- A ship will go over a bridge, not under it, at Birkenhead tomorrow. It is a 53-ton steel tug made by an…

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German Chaos Air blows, train jams, surrender rumors LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 1

TERRIFIC air assaults on Germany, great traffic jams in devastated Berlin and unconfirmed rumors of mass surrenders by Nazi troops, form the chaotic picture facing the German populace today…

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State-wide railway strike threat--union conference to decide

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 2

THREAT of a State-wide railway strike is contained in a recommendation to be put to the Australian Railways Union State Council today…

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Rail, tram pass "not wanted"

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 February 1945 · page 5

Mr. Bill Currey, Kogarah's V.C. M.L.A., could have had two all-lines rail and tram passes if he had liked…

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Rhine Bridge Hit Three Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 18 (A.A.P.).—Two pilots of the Ninth Air Force scored three direct bits yesterday on an important railway bridge across the…

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Motor Liner for Rotterdam Lloyd. Still On The Stocks At Flushing

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 3

According to reports received in London recently from Walcheren, the hull of the Rotterdam Lloyd's new 21,000-ton motor…

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Britain's Merchant Navy of the Future. 200 Queen Marys or 2000 Tramp Steamers?

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

Britain's future ship construction policy, in contrast with that of the United States, is criticised by Sir Westcott Abell in the…

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Editorial Railwaymen's Record Not Blotted-- Yet!

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

THE threat of a State-wide railway strike comes as a shocking surprise to a public which freely concedes to railwaymen all praise for their wartime service…

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